E-class blimp

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|name=E class

|image=E class blimp.jpg

|caption= NAVY E-1

|type=Training airship

|manufacturer=Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation

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|introduction=1918

|retired=1924

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|primary_user=US Navy

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|produced=

|number_built=1

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The E class of US Navy blimps comprised a single airship, built during World War I by Goodyear as one of a group of three small blimps offered to the US government. Two were purchased for the US Navy and one for the US Army. The Navy blimps were designated E-1, F-1, and the Army airship A-1. These airships had identical envelopes but different cars.{{citation|last=Shock|first=James R.|title=U.S. Navy Airships 1915-1962|year=2001|publisher=Atlantis Productions|location=Edgewater Florida|isbn=0-9639743-8-6|page=33}} The E-1 was delivered to Pensacola, Florida in December 1918. It was flown only at Pensacola serving as a trainer at the Airship School. A new envelope was provided in December 1920. E-1 was retired from service sometime in 1924.